Rise of the sumo baby
Viv Groskop talks to mothers, doctors and midwives on the boom in newborns weighing 10lb or more
Is breast really best?
What's happened to the bosom? Once kept safely under wraps, now - pushed up, plunging and proud - it's paraded as never before. But can you have too much of a boob thing, asks Mimi Spencer
The Ferngate affair
Why has Fern Britton's decision to have a gastric band fitted caused such a huge fuss? Kira Cochrane on how high-profile women's bodies became public property
It’s not just boys who are autistic
When it was first discovered more than 60 years ago, Asperger's syndrome was thought to be a male-only condition. But now that more and more girls are being diagnosed with it, why do we hear so little about them, wonders Joanna Moorhead
Don’t call me curvy. Or big-boned. Or ‘real’
Kira Cochrane: I can honestly say that my attitude to my body became markedly better when I accepted that I was fat
Bras, blisters and brushes with the law
The broadcaster Sandy Warr debriefs on a flamboyant early morning parade through London to raise money for breast cancer treatment. In an earlier report, she describes her motivation for taking part
He did not look ‘young for his age’
Aged 67 and single for only the second time in her life, Anna Grant wanted to find a new partner, so she started using dating services. But as she soon discovered, emailing and talking to men on the phone was simple. Meeting them in the flesh was another matter ...
Sick to the stomach
One in 10,000 pregnant women has nausea so severe that it can, in rare cases, affect the unborn baby's growth. Is there anything that can help? Zoe Williams reports
The sun’s out – but what to wear?
Kira Cochrane: I finally decided that the cap- sleeved T-shirt would be fine - with a cardigan on top
Life’s a binge and then you stop
A 70-year alcohol allowance of 37,128 units is great - but what if you've had that already, asks Stephanie Merritt